Dennis, fancy a coffee later?
Afraid I can't come out to play today.

Louise is on holiday for 2 weeks so we are busy in the bedroom

........... painting it!

I have to work bleedin' harder on holiday than I do working.

ps Just reread your post above:
was feeling so so low yesterday could have walked away while on a job (never felt like that before, really awkward customer).I've walked away from awkward or bolshie people several times over the years, the nice people far, far outway the butt holes so they aren't worth worrying about.
Next time we speak ask about the woman argueing about where to park, or the woman who tried to tell me the price I quoted in the home the week before was too high before I started the job, or the job for Persimmon Homes where the cow tried to take her frustration with them out on me!
Anybody who says you have to take that kind of thing are talking cobblers.
Having said all that some are just sad and you just have to bite your tongue and get on with it.

Oh well back to the roller and warm magnolia (same as ordinary magnolia but warmer - women :

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